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specific words or combinations of words.

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The results of the search will appear
in a pop up window.

Two tabs will be shown at the top, Web and Image

Web: The search results will show up to 10
results pages, with
10 documents on each page.

The first line of each result is a
direct link to the web page with that result.

Image: Up
to 10 pages of imageswill be shown with20 images on each page .

Click on an image to go directly to the
page containing the image.

The links to subsequent pages of results are shown at the
bottom of the results.

The search engine will only display a limited number of results even though
it shows it has found many more.

In this case you need to refine the search to
narrow down to less than 100 results.

Document numbering

If the document has a title
it will be shown, otherwise only the document's file name is displayed.

The photograph displayed is not necessarily the first on that page.

The link
will take you to the start of the page from where you can scroll down to the
search result.

File names take the format "Herculaneum 6 21.htm" where this is the filename for VI.21.

The first number is the Insula and the last
two are the house number.

Where there are several
parts to the documents for a property then the file name will also contain p1 or p2 etc.

Our search engine
is powered by Google. This search engine looks
literally for exactly what you type in.

Nonius Balbus

finds documents containing 'Nonius' and
'Balbus'.

It is the same as Nonius AND Balbus

Documents found will contain both Nonius and Balbus, but they may not be
adjacent words or necessarily the same person.

Julia OR Felix

finds documents containing either 'Nonius' or
'Balbus' including for instance Viceria Balbus.

NOT is not allowed.

Wild cards, such as *
or ?, are not recognised in the searchunfortunately.

Tips.

Remember if searching for a house number that the first part of the number is
in roman numerals I, II, III, IV etc so use VI.21 not 6.21.

If your search does not provide the answer you expect
remember that there are a large number of variations on how properties were
named.

Try swapping
similar words such as
Casa or House or Domus for example.

Try Latin variations such as Nonio Balbo instead of
Nonius Balbus.

Try different spellings such as Narciso or Narcisso or
Narcissus. You can combined the three
queries into one: Narciso OR
Narcisso OR
Narcissus. If this produces too many
results you can run the queries separately.

Try swapping Italian or English alternatives such as
Giuseppe for Joseph, Queen for Regina.

Try the different Greek, Roman, Egyptian
or modern Italian names such as Zeus, Jupiter, Iuppiter, Jove or Giove which
were applied to the same god for instance.

A shorter search with fewer words may work better
sometimes.

The search engine
takes time to catch up with our
changes, for instance, where we may have moved the text and picture onto one of
the other pages for the same house, so you may need to look at
the other pages for the house also.

Finally, If you find areas for improvement, please email
us with the details.